‘The Protester’ named Time person of the year

TIME magazine has named the collective “protester” around the world as its person of the year, citing the change brought by street demonstrations from Arab countries to New York.

The shared honour for protesters beat the traditional individual contenders, who included Admiral William McCraven, commander of the US mission to kill al-Qaida founder Osama bin Laden.

“There’s this contagion of protest,” managing editor Richard Stengel said on NBC television.